From Rambo: Last Blood director Adrian Grünberg, The Black Demon was released in theaters back in 2023, and Variety reports this week that a shark attack sequel is on the way.

The title? The Black Demon: Atlantis. The synopsis? It’s kind of bonkers, sounds like an unofficial The Meg movie, and seemingly aims to be way more fun than the first Black Demon.

Variety details, “The sequel follows undercover DEA agent Jerry Simms (Kesy) who teams up with his cellmate, Chato, in a maximum-security prison stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to dismantle a massive drug operation run by the notorious crime boss Diego Nunez.

“Their mission quickly becomes one of survival when the legendary creature, The Black Demon, tears through the prison, which sits atop a decaying desalination plant polluting the ocean. In a desperate move to protect his empire, Diego unleashes his own giant sea predators to take down the beast. What follows is an epic clash of monsters, where only the strongest will prevail.”

Jack Kesy (Hellboy: The Crooked Man), Julio Cesar Cedillo (The Harder They Fall) and Kate Del Castillo (Trap House) will star, with Ben Hernandez Bray directing.

Aaron Benjamin and Boise Esquerra are writing the sequel’s screenplay.

“Helmed by the action and stunt maven Ben Hernandez Bray, The Black Demon: Atlantis will feature stunning action sequences – the scale of the project is quite immense and even bigger than the first film!” Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser teases.

Producers Javier Chapa, Phillip Braun and Jon Silk add, “Expanding the mythology and adding new creatures from the pantheon of Aztec monsters makes this chapter even more thrilling—we can’t wait for audiences to dive into this new adventure.”

Josh Lucas (The Forever Purge) starred in The Black Demon back in 2023.

Jack Kesy in ‘Juggernaut’ (2017)